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could be improved in this respect the num- Der of visitors would be greatly increased and the fears of epidemics disappear For three years Venice has suffered severely from the absence of it's usual visitors, who felt that the town was not safe when cholera was at hand Indeed, the list of epidernics shows that in 1885 there were 66l cases of cholera and 359 deaths; 3,519 cases and ], ,453 deaths in 1886. In 1887 there were again 344 deaths. Twelve years later, in 1849, the cholera re- turned to Venice and there were 6,642 cases and 1889 deaths. In 1854 epidemic com- menced and S6 cases noted, with 59 deaths. which augmented the following year to 1 1,20S cases and 7O8 deaths In 1866 there were 202 cases and 125 deaths, and in 1867 sos cases and 333 deaths. In 1873 some 800 cases and 459 deaths were recorded, and finally we have last years epidemic. There were also smallpox epidemics in 1870-71, in 1880-91, and in 1s84-85.
 MT. Sylvanus Miller, the well known New Panama canal will never pay, even if it is ever finished. And he sees nothing in the way of the success of the Nicaragua canal Concerning it he says: The rainfall is much less than at Panama, and the work can be prosecuted with far less detention from this cause. The canal, instead of being ditch far below the level of the surrounding coun- try, will really, as it were, float top of the water courses, and instead of having to divert them from the canal by costly and difficult works they are utilized in the canal itself. The greatest excavations are of much less depth than on the Panama canal, and their bottom being situated above the general level of the country there will be no difficulty in finding suitable dumping grounds for the materials taken from them. The Nicaragua canal is much more advantageously situated for vessels coming or going to or from the North Pacific, as it will greatly shorten the distance while it will not materially lengthen the distance for vessels going to the south and vest A glance at the map of the Amer ican continent will convince anyone of this fact. For sailing vessels this canal has a much superior location, the trade winds allow and facilitate entrance to and depart ure from the harbor of Greytown at all times, while at Brito the winds are equally favorable.
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When there is but one maid kept, the hostess should herself prepare the more delicate disboe
George and Laura.

From the Chicago Tribune.I ''Laura,' exclaimed the enamored youth hastily bringing the corner of his frescoed silk handkerchief to view above the edge of his breast pocket and speaking in the low impassioned accents of a ten-dollar-a- week tragedian out of job pleading with g stony hearted conductor for a lift of a few miles on his weary way across the country: "Laura, the time has at length come when I may freely tell you of the deathless devotion with which you have inspired me, and can feel free to ask you to heed the voice of your own heart if it bids you to listen kindly to my plea. For three long years and some odd months, Laura, 1 have carried this burden in my heart without daring to hint to you in words of the passion which you must have seen by my action was consuming me Not until my prospects in life were suffi- ciently dattering to warrant me in presum- ing upon the kindness with which you have ever treated me so far as to ask & higher and more sacred place in your esteem than that of a mere friend could I hon. orably disclose my sentiments. have new concluded business arrangements, Laura, by which my future is so far assured that the grim shadow of want shall never fall athwart the threshold of the heme which I now implore you to share with me. While shall not possess wealth, I shall have sufhciency for the wants of modest household. While it may not be in my power to array you in diamonds and sealskin sacques-"
 George" said the fair girl, as shadow ot anxious hesitancy fitted across her elo- quent face and look of deep and searching inquiry glowed in the eyes which she bent upon the ag1tated young man, ''what is your salary?"
 ''Fifteen dollars week, Laura, for the next six months, with the certain prospect Of an in crease at the end of-'
 George" and the voice of the brave, noble girl as it vibrated through the sensitive flores of the young mans whole being seemed to come from the inmost recesses of far-reach- ing, echoless cavern, "George, you make me very tiredl"
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CoMmOTEON IN THE RAF PITT.
NIT. Billy Nellfgan and Several Terriers
 Astonish the UnInftIazed.

NIT. Billy Nenfgan and Several Terriers
 Astonish the UnIn1tIaIed.
 LFrom the Buffalo Courier.l
 Whispers had been floating around for the past few days that there was to be a rat batting match at Jimmy's on Tuesday night. It was true bill and the programme was carried out in the recherche style. In the center of Jimmy's barroom floor was pit six feet square and four feet high. This was the battle ground and field of death of many patriarchal rodent who had hitherto been impervious alike to the aliurements of a twenty-cent trap and accompanying cheese, and the too often watery depths of Dug's dive. Off in one corner was big iron cage, containing probably 200 rats, and every one of them looked as if he had been voter for ten years. They were nasty, vicious looking varmints, and it almost gave man snakes ! to observe the way they writhed, twisted, turned, and chewed to get out of the box. But nervousness on the part of Billy Nelligan l of Rochester said that this was due solely to their unfamiliarity and hauteur toward rats. Billy showed them that he was on the closest terms of intimacy with them, and clearly demonstrated that there WAS not rat in the | 200 that couldn't call him by name. Oc- casionally Billy opened the door of the cage, slowly thrust his bare hand among the 200, and, selecting long tail to his fancy, yanked him out. Then he turned the rat around three or four times rapidly, after which he l laid it on lis arm or against his cheek, as | if it were pet kitten. The rat only looked at him much as to say: "Ah, there, Billy, are you ona" Every one eventu- ally acknowledged that Billy was authority when it came to question of rats.
 Finally the time arrived for the fun to begin, and Billy took about fifteen of his friends, the rodents, and dropped them into the pit. George Kiefer's terrier, Nellie, was agoing. While Nellie was looking closely rat, the others, or some of them, mounted her back, bit, and scratched her legs. It was free fght-one dog gainst fifteen rats,
 but Nellie fixed lem in mighty short order. MT. Kiefer's dog, Fix, also did up about the same number. Phil. Kilcourses fox terrier was then given whirl, and he made things hum while he got away with party. Phil. Councils bull dog came next. He was dropped down with about fifteen or twenty, but after killing one of them jumped out of the pit. Pat MaIoney's Victoria did her number in great style, and Jimmy Will sons Grid took care of gang in way that was rough on rats. Jimmy Carroll's dog also went through a crowd in short order. In this way the rats were made scarce. The dogs took it turn about, and the pit for couple of hours was red hot spot. The dogs fought like tigers and they had to, as the rats were crazy with fright and sailed in to win. Before the sport came to an end upward of 100 were disposed of, and the boys went away happy.
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Thursday, December a9. 1887,
THE TGNOgEE ORDER.

The collapse of the Reading strike is made
 the text for many dissertations upon the
 collapse of the 'snoble'' order of Knights of
 Labor. And it furnishes good reasons for
 such dissertations, because the 'fnoble''
 order, in all it's long series of flat failures,
 has never made f1atter. The strike was
 just such one the "noble" order has
 often supported, in that it was without suf-
 fcient justification. Two reasons were given
 by the strikers: that the company had dis charged men whe refused to deliver coal to a
 consignee who employed non-union men, and
 that the business of the company at Port
 Elizabeth, with regard to the delivery of coal, was not managed as the employees thought it should be. As to the first griev- ance, the company was, of course, bound by it's charter to make no discriminations; it is & common carrier and must without respect of persons deliver freight entrusted to it for transportation according to the direction of the shipper. If the men employed on it's freight trains refuse to deliver according to the obligations of the company, it must dis
 charge them and employ men who will not ! obstruct the performance of it's duty.
 It did not need this failure to show the | radical insuficiency of the "noble'' order.
 That was apparent to thoughtful people when it first began operations in large and | public way. It was always impossible for the Knights to carry out their plan, and it always will be impossible to carry out such a plan in such way as was tried by them. The New York Times puts the matter forci- ply and truly when it says: The error of | the Knights lay in the theory that all wage I workers have interests in common sufficient | ly identical and sufficiently great to permit them to be regulated by common associa- ! ton acting through delegated authority. | This theory was without foundation in fact. While all wage workers may be said to have | one interest in common-She advance of ! wages-that interest is not direct and definite | enough to permit of effectual regulation through system of delegated authority. The officers who must determine the action of general organization are not themselves
 interested in wise and prudent and honest course, and the men whose money they spend l have neither the knowledge nor Ghe immedi- ! ate impelling motive to hold them to such a course. The power of the officers is there fore necessarily arbitrary and without ac- countability, and must be often foolishly 1 and sometimes dishonesty used. This has
 proven to be so in fact, and the power has been gradually lost.
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CLAIRVOYANCE.

MRS. J. J. CLARK, Business, Test and Healing Medium 22S GROWN STREET, convnces all who visit Ter that she is genuine medium. Her veget- able curatives, compounded by herself have a surprising control disease Hours to 12 a. m, 3 to p. m. and evenings. Diagnosing by lock Of hair by letter, $2 ocl4
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The scientific activity of the time is indi- cated by the fact that the twelve principal chemical societies of the world have an ag- gregate membership of over eight thousand, nearly all of these members being active con tributors to the advancement of chemical science, and publishing their results mostly ln periodicals especially devoted to such sub jecrs. Excluding transactions of societies and journals of physics and pharmacy, these chemical periodicals issue annually about twenty thousand pages.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Shareholders in Brazil saying that it will be impossible to carry on coffee planting on large scale when slavery is abolished there. Doubtless they really think so, but if they live long enough they will probably see that their fear was unfounded. The same fear concerning the production of cotton was felt in the southern States of this country before the emancipation of slaves.
 The conclusion of President Francis of the Atlanta university that he will not dismiss the white pupils studying there, and will thereby forfeit the State appropriation of $9, 900, is wise one. He believes, and be- lieves rightly, that if he should surrender this point he would forfeit large sums of money which come to him from the North, as well as the grounds upon which the col lege stands, which the government gave to the institution.
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A correspondent of the London Lancet writes that domestric drainage and the water supply are the two greatest stumbling blocks to the prosperity of Venice. If the town
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 Overeoats of like value were never offered in this market at the price. The coats in clude the aristocratic Schna5els and Montag nechs, the Venetians and Fur Beavers. They have the care in manufacture, and ineness of finish given to custom made coats.
 The Price, S25. If $25 is beyond your purchasing power look at the coats marked down to $19, $15, s12, s10, s7.5O, s6.5O, $5. Rough and smooth cloth coats of all desirable shades. BOYS OVERCOATS. Special prices on very large lot of stylish garments, in ChinehilIa, Elysian, Beaver, Kersey and Cassimere. Prices, $1.50, $2.50, s3. 50, $4, $5, $6, $75O, $S, s1O. This is Bargain Time and Should
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Daniel Manning ascribed his financial suc- cess largely to the habit formed early in life of saving his money. When he was at the printers case he adjusted his expenses to his wages and kept them there even when his salary was increased. Instead of looking forward to new outgoss with every gain he made, he treated every bit of extra earning as capital for the future, and carefully put it beyond the temptation to spend it carelsssly. He never lived niggardly and his savings at first were not large, but he tested the mathe- nautical progression of small savings, till at the age of forty he was we'll on the way to wealth. He laid down this rule as guide for others, to take the first salary one earns and live on it, not increasing expenditure with increasing income, but looking forward to personal comfort and peace of mind in later years, when income from regular labor is more precarious.
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The Finest Coats Offered this Season. at Reduced
 Prices.
A saving Of5, ?, 10, 13 and SIS on
 High Grade Goats.

All our tailor made coats sold heretofore for $50, $32, S35, $38 and $40, marked down
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The question whether the government can maintain a suit to cancel patent is again raised in the matter of Swenson's patent for process of extracting sugar from sorghum cane. Swenson was employed as an expert by the bureau of agriculture to carry on ex pe1iments with the purpose of discovering the best methods of extraction While mak- ing experiments with the governments ma teria1 and plant he discovered new process and at once had it patented for his own bene- fit. He has since required sorghum produc- CTS in the West to pay him royalty for the use of this process. The senate has passed resolution directing the attorney general to sue for the canceling of the patent, if in his opinion such 8 suit can be maintained.
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IN THE
 UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES practice of more than thirty years, and fres quent visits to the Patent Office has given him 8 familiarity with every department of, and mode of with the fact that he now visits Washington semi monthly to give his personal attention to the inter e7s of his clients warrants him in the assertion that no office in this country is able to offer the same facilities to Inventors in securing their inventions by Letter Patent-and particularly to those whose applications have been rejected-an examination of which ke will make free of charge.
 Preliminary examination, prior to application for patens made at Patent Office, St small charge His facilities for procuring Patents in Foreign Countries are uneqnaied.
 Refers to more than one thousandclents for whom he has procured Letters Patent iylSd&w
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The discussion OF the possibility OF organized op-
position 70 the confirmation OF NJ Lamars nouai-
nation Tor justice o; the supreme Court throws
an interesting light upon the situation OF the tri-
umyirate recently chosen By the President for
special honor The same batch OF messages which
COnyeyed 10 the senate the nomination of Mr.. La
mar for Justice, also named Mr. Villas 10 succeed
him. ana Mr. Dickinson 10 succeed Mr. Villas But
Nr. Lamar has neither resigned nor been removed
His SUCCESSOR Is nominated, according to the OIL
eial Phrasing Ito be Secretary OF the Interior ia
place Of Lucius q. c. Lamar, who has been noIai-
hated 10 be associate justice Of the supreme court
H the United States" Neither has Mr.. Villas
resigned or been removed; the message nom
1naslng his successor is couched in the same
Terms. This would produce an awkwar mix
tare q AFFAIRS II the opposition to Mr.. Lamar
should succeed in its purpose, and the other
Two nominations should go through without
trouble Mr.. Dickinson would then be Postmaster
General. Mr.. Villas secretary OF the Interior, and
MI. Lamar nothing The latter would have been
lifted OUT OF place OF distinction by the hand OF
the President In an effort TO do him honor, and
l.ft high and dry in private life without even the
fOrmality OF a resignation. The South would find
Itself without representation in the Cabinet and
with no recognition on the Supreme bench to make
up for It's ioss- Mr.. Lamar's public career would
come 10 O sudden stop through the operation OF
The very agencies which We're invoked 10 prolong
IT, unless Mr.. Walthall should find it In his heart
10 step aside and let the eNSecretary return to his
former seat in the senate.